Sweet design (making bouquets of sweets)has become incredibly popular today. At first, it was believed that sweet floristry was only available to professionals. But then, our skilled craftswomen carefully examined professional candy bouquets and came to the conclusion that almost anyone can make flowers from candies with their own hands. Of course, this requires not only certain knowledge, but also artistic taste, as well as a sense of style and proportion. In fact, the ability to make flowers from candies with your own hands will always come in handy. Now it is very fashionable to replace the traditional gift set of "flowers plus a box of chocolates" with sweet bouquets. Even teachers are given such bouquets on September 1, and what can we say about less formal holidays? So you need to learn this: it is useful, educational, and exciting. So, let's learn how to make flowers from candies with your own hands.
Materials and Tools
To make bouquets you will need the usual floristic and stationery materials and tools:
- Packing tape and film, corrugated paper, transparent cellophane;
- Tape tape;
- Double-sided or regular adhesive tape (narrow and wide);
- Stapler;
- Scissors;
- Sewing thread;
- Chopsticks for barbecue and toothpicks;
- Floristic sponge (foam, foam rubber).
Naturally, for the production of sweet flowersYou will also need candies. Any candies will do: chocolate and caramel, in wrappers and without them, round and rectangular. In short, you can make flowers with your own hands from any sweets (even marmalade and marshmallows), especially since you don’t need any special equipment for this.
Principle of manufacture
Flowers made from candies can be different.In some bouquets, it is the candies in bright wrappers (or wrapped in beautiful paper) that act as flowers. Other bouquets are made of artificial flowers (made by hand), where the candies are only part of such a flower. For example, a chamomile, poppy or crocus made of corrugated paper can have candy centers. Candies can become the lower "petals" of a paper rose. A rosebud or poppy simply hides sweets in the bowl of their flower. In any case, the principle of making flowers from candies is the same: candies are attached to toothpicks or barbecue sticks and decorated. Then a bouquet is made from such "flowers" on stems-sticks, which, in turn, is also decorated with decorative paper, film and other floristic materials. To plant a candy on a stalk, you just need to tightly tie the tail of the wrapper to a toothpick (barbecue stick) with tape or regular scotch tape, and then decorate the place of attachment. If the candy is unwrapped, or the wrapper does not have a "tail", then the candy is placed in wrapping paper or film (a small bag, a cylinder), which is then tied to a toothpick. If desired, the candy can be supplemented with petals and leaves cut out of paper or film. Let's look at some of the simplest options for making flowers from candies with your own hands.
Candy — flowers
A sweet bouquet can consist of fresh flowerscombination with candy flowers. To make such flowers, you don't need any special skills or the ability to make artificial flowers. Everything is very simple. For example, truffles in beautiful shiny wrappers (or any other candies) you turn into elegant candy flowers with your own hands. How to do it? Let's consider three options:
Believe me, it's actually quite simple.Even if everything doesn't turn out neatly the first time, don't worry - skill comes with experience. You will very quickly get the hang of making such candy flowers and making bouquets out of them, complementing the compositions with fresh flowers.
Candy in flowers
This is the method of making flowers for sweetsbouquets is considered more complex and labor-intensive. It will require you to have skills in working with corrugated paper or any other material for making artificial flowers. For those just starting to master sweet design, we can recommend corrugated paper as a trial material. It is simply considered one of the most “grateful” materials for sweet design. We will try to make rosebuds and crocuses from candies and corrugated paper.
- Pink buds
Perhaps the simplest, but very effectivea method for making artificial flowers. For this you will need round candies or truffles, toothpicks, corrugated paper (pink or white), threads and scissors. For one bud, cut out two squares of paper with a side of about ten to twelve centimeters (for candies like "Rafaello"). Determine the longitudinal direction of the corrugation and cut the upper part of the squares into a semicircle. Now fold them one on top of the other, shifting the upper square to the left, and slightly stretch the middle part of the petals, making it slightly convex. Then put a candy on the right edge of the folded petals and carefully wrap it, rolling the petals into a roll. Twist the empty lower part (even edge) of the bud around a toothpick and tie with threads. Straighten the "petals" a little from above and stretch them along the very edge, making them wavy.
- Crocuses
For one crocus we need fivepetals - strips of corrugated paper measuring approximately four by ten centimeters. The longitudinal direction of the corrugation should go along the long side of the petal. Take one strip and fold its upper edge (a third of the length) one turn inward. Then bend it at the place of twisting the strip, fold this "tail" and stretch the edge of the petal, making it concave-convex. After that, put all five petals in a row and fasten them together with a stapler. Cut out a square from transparent wrapping film (a side of approximately twelve centimeters), put a candy in the middle of it and fold all the free edges like a candy wrapper. Attach a toothpick to this tail, wrap the film around it and secure with threads or tape. Now carefully attach the strip of petals to the toothpick so that the candy is in the middle of the flower, and also secure them with tape or tape. Try yourself in the role of a sweet florist. Perhaps you will come up with something of your own, some exclusive technique for making flowers from candies. But even if you just use the experience of other craftswomen, you will still be able to realize your creative potential. Good luck! We recommend reading:
